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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1952

Page

2

Governors to Visit Hampton Roads Area Weekend Event

Two governors and two United States senators will lead a 750 strong party in Hampton Roads for a three day visit with lawmakers and their spouses. They include Governor James F Byrnes and Senators Harry Byrd A Willis Robertson and Governor John B Battle. The program covers Williamsburg Old Point Comfort Newport News Norfolk Ports mouth and Virginia Beach with dinners receptions and a shipboard luncheon. The trip ends Sunday with return to Richmond.

Norfolk v United States Hampton Roads General Assembly James F Byrnes South Carolina Harry Flood Berd A Willis Robertdm John Battle Williamsburg Byrnes Old Point Comfort Tidewater Byrd Virginia Ferry Corporation Old Point Newport News James River Bridge Norfolk Naval Base Elizabeth River Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Pittsburg Accomac Colonial Oil Company Cavalier Virginia Beach Robertson Richmond

SPCA Urges Rabies Vaccination For Winchester Dogs

The SPCA warns of fox rabies in neighboring counties and urges Winchester and Frederick County residents to vaccinate their pets. Vaccination is about 95 percent effective for one year, with a double dose for animals over thirty six pounds to ensure full protection.

SPCA Winchester Frederick County

Frank Magruder Succumbs at 83

Frank W. Magruder aged 83 retired plant nurseryman of 154 Montague Avenue died at 10 40 am at Pifer Nursing Home after ten months as a resident. Born May 22 1868 in Winchester he was son of Charles and Anna Magruder and last in his immediate family. Survived by widow Bertie Anderson son Elbert T. Magruder of Bethesda Maryland and three grandchildren. Body at Omps Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.

Frank W. Magruder Montague Avenue Pifer Nursit Home Wincheser Charles Anna Pyle Magruder Presbyterian Church Magruder North Loudoun St Bertie Anderson Elbert T. Magruder Bethesda Omps Funeral Home

Final rites held for Eliza W Timberlake widow of Dr A Timberlake

Funeral services for Eliza W Timberlake widow of Dr A Timberlake of Clarkesboro W Va were conducted at Kurtz Funeral Home on Loudoun Street with Rev Jennings W Hobson Jr presiding. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Attendees from Clarkesboro included her son John Timberlake and grandsons John Timberlake Jr and Addison Timberlake plus sister Mrs William O MacCoughtry Sr of Middleway W Va.

Eliza W Timberlake A Timberlake Clarkesbore W Va Kurtz Loudoun St Jennings W. Hobson Jr Nelson Parish Summit Point W. Va Mount Hebron Cemetery Clarkesburg Timberlake John Timerlake John Timber Ike Bonham Irs Harry Athey

George Moffitt Carson Buried In North Carolina

Funeral services for George Moffitt Carson 82 were held at Kurtz Funeral Home in Hagerstown. Rev. Robert C. Bradford officiated. The body was taken to Marion North Carolina for burial with grave side rites at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included Jo Clay Conley J H Tate Thomas W Gowan Lee Onley Grayder Lonon and Carson Pyatt.

George Moffitt Carson Kurtz S. Loudoun St Robert C. Bradford Burnt Presbyterian Church Albin Marion N C Oak Grove Jo Clay Conley J. H. Tate Thomas W. Gowan Lee Onley Grayder Lonon Carson Pyatt

Richmond FBI Chief To Address Rotary

Harry G. Maynor the agent in charge of the FBI Office in Richmond will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the George Washington Hotel. His topic is The FBI of Today.

Harry G. Maynor FBI Richmond Rotary Club George Washington

Parade Director Elected for 1952 Firemens Parade

Winchester native Mr Rainsberger named director of the annual Firemens Parade and Fireworks during the Apple Blossom Festival. Production superintendent of Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Company, he has over 20 years in the South End Volunteer Fire Company and led the group as president for three terms. He also serves in the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association and previously assisted as director for four years. He and his wife reside at 518 B Loudoun St with two children, Shirley Ann and Douglas.

Department of John Hawse Winchester Mr. Rainsberger Loudoun St Shirley Ann Douglas

Ministers Win Fight Against Race Track

In Memphis Tennessee ministers credited a late night prayer for defeating a plan to build a race track near West Memphis. Dr Paul Caudill of First Baptist Church called the referendum victory a moral and spiritual triumph. Dr H T Wood of Linden Avenue Christian Church praised the effort and predicted wider influence nationwide.

Memphis Tenn Here Paul Caudill First Baptist Church H. T. Wood Linden Avenue

Plane Crash at Miami Airport Kills Five

A privately owned Lockheed Lodestar crashed and burned at Miami International Airport late yesterday, killing all five men aboard.

Miami Miami International Airport

Sales Directory January to February Auction Listings

January 24 10 30 am Headleys Auction Winchester Antiques furniture January 26 11 am Edwards Lloyd Special Commissioners Frederick County Court House Real estate Northwestern Grade January 26 11 am Horst Bittner Waynesboro Pa Tractors farm machinery February 1 12 neon Winston Montague Trustee on premises 4 mi southeast of Middletown Real estate in Opequon Magistrate District February 22 pm Michael Place in front of Frederick County Court House real estate Gainesboro February 13 10 am Carlton Dyke Greenspring White Hall Livestock farm machinery feed February 15 10 am W F Presgraves Old Salem Road Clarke County Livestock farm implements feed February 20 10 am Katie Punkhouser C H Madagan Double Tollgate Rt 622 Livestock farm machinery February 22 10 4 m Raymond Balanger near Inwood W Va Livestock farm machinery February 26 1 pm R L Ashton Greenspring near White Hall Furniture household goods

Headley’s Valley Ave Winchester W.E. Edwards Katie Punkhouser & C. H Madagan Double Tollgate Raymond Balanger Inwood W. Va R. L. Ashton Greenspring White Hall

Distribution of Henry Henry estate follows intestacy rules

The court declares Henry died intestate regarding a trust for school children, splitting his estate among paternal and maternal relatives. Life interests hold by Robert Scott Lonas and Nellie Lonas at 720 and 724 8 Loudoun St, with heirs listed from paternal Mary Henry Haines through Ruth Katz and maternal Lou Williams King to Dorothy Patton El Paso.

Henry Robert Scott Lonas Nellie Lonas Loudoun St Mary Henry Haines Winchester Theodore Henry Lancaster Lillian H. Cage Brunswick Alice H Ritter Cumberland Alice Shiflett Harrisonburg Ernest L. Henry, Jr Lexington Virginia Henry Lakeland Fla Charles R. Henry Hollywood Beach Louise H. Yeager Staunton Eugene Henry Richmond Edward C. Goss William E. Goss Grace Goss Hamilton Pittsburgh Emily G. McGee Middlebury C. Blair Goss Eugene F. Goss Robert Goss Trene G. Carter Inwood W. Va Harriet H Taylor Lafayette Henry Hayfield Della Harrick Gore Mary H. Anderson Monnesen Wilda P. Waddell Gettysburg Marjorie Anderson Carrie Henry Etta Wilson Robert W Haines Charles F. Haines Emma H. Crim Leo Haines Howard Haines Goldie E Cal Virginia Bush Brown Dorothy Patton el Paso Texas Colleen S. Ritter Joe Ann Sager Bessie Eslinger Jessie W. Roberts

How's Your IQ Answers Quiz Highlights

Answers to the Page 4 quiz list include Utah Bird Hester Prynne a great baseball player Green Chicago Small cucumber Captain James Cook 100 degrees C and the sight of blood.

Utah Bird Hester Prynne Green Chicago James Cook

Patterson Dies in Newark Crash After Last Minute Flight

Former Secretary of War Robert Patterson, 60, died in an Elizabeth New Jersey airliner crash shortly after canceling a train trip and booking a plane home from Buffalo New York where he had been for a court case. He had warned in December that no one knows when death will strike. He leaves a wife and three children.

New York Robert P. Patterson Elizabeth N. J Patterson Buffalo N. Y Death Bethel Hospital

Virginia House Debates Run Off Date And Redistricting Plan

A bill to move the Virginia primary run off to the Tuesday after the second Monday in July prompts discussion of the five week gap after the first primary. Norfolk area legislators propose keeping regional districts and resist moving the Tenth District to northern Virginia. Other moves include ratifying new judicial terms, whiskey by the drink in Norfolk, and audits for state agencies.

Virginia Harrison Norfolk Assembly Princess Anne Northampton Accomac Alexandria Arlington Fairfax Fall Church Circuit and Corporation Court House Committee Carl Spencer E. O. McCue, Jr Charlottesville Blackburn Moore General Assembly House

Servicemen Invited From Teas to Blair House Party

White House explains Mrs. Truman tea guests go to Blair House party first and receive invitations afterward. GIs and sailors check in from hospital lists, with hand lettered cards issued later. No tea is served, coffee only by presidential suggestion. ex cavalryman sometimes attends.

Washington Mrs. Truman White House Truman

Swiss Hold Man In Connection With Karpe Death

Swiss federal police say they are holding a man believed Romanian in connection with the death of Capt. Eugene Karpe former U S Military Attache in Bucharest. Karpe fell or was pushed from a train in Austria on February 24 1950. The death remains unexplained and Karpe was a friend of Robert Vogeler who was imprisoned in Hungary and released after 17 months. Vogeler suspects a link to his own case.

Berne Switzerland Eugene Karpe U. S Bucharest Karpe Austria Robert Vogeler Hungary United States Vogeler

Rhode Island Divides Horse Racing And Liquor Tax Revenue

Rhode Island plans to distribute 2,044,077 to 39 cities and towns from horse racing and liquor taxes collected July to December last year. The total state share from betting windows is 1,945,370 with alcoholic beverage tax at 98,707, slightly under last year. The rise comes from record betting seasons and a higher state share approved by the Legislature.

Providence Rhode Island

Prison Camp Letter Casts Doubt on Wife’s Marriage

Mrs Agnes La setter Dixon Lasser doubts a prison camp letter signed with her first husband Walter Dixon’s name. The letter claims Walter is in good health and prompted an annulment petition to void her four month marriage to William S Sasser. She had remarried after learning her first husband was killed in Korea and sent the letter to the Defense Department for signature verification.

Atlanta Agnes Laseter Dixon Lasser Walter Pfc Walter Dixon Williams. Sasser Asse Defense Department Korea

Piggy Bonds Proposed to Aid Juvenile Thrift

A Congressional committee recommends selling Piggy Bonds bought with children’s pennies to promote thrift and help ease a coin shortage. The plan aims to teach savings while boosting circulating coinage.

Washington Congressional

Carlsen Testimony Concludes Hearing

Capt Kurt Carlsen testifies at the inquiry into the Flying Enterprise sinking. Coast Guard board head Shackleford offers best wishes for Carlsen to return to sea. The inquiry hears his account of the storm and seaworthy cargo questions. Findings remain undisclosed.

New York Kurt Carlsen Coast Guard Board of Flying Enterprise Lewis Shackie Carlsen Shackleford Aga Carlven

Kefauver cites constitutional convention on European unity

Kefauver in Paris urges a constitutional convention to examine and cope with a greater European economic and political unit. Senator Case endorses Eisenhower and European unity as strengthening his presidential bid. Eisenhower backers hail his stance that Russia can no longer win quickly, countering claims he is indispensable for Europe.

Der North Atlantic Defense Forces Paris Case R-Sc Fisenhower Europe Eierhower Russia Eisenhower

Crash Near Newark Airport Injures Eleven Residents and Responders

Elizabeth area crash injures eleven people including nine home occupants and fire and rescue workers. Immediate investigation opened by Joseph O Fluet regional director Civil Aeronautics Board. cited prior probe of Florida bound C-46 crash. Wreck located about 28 miles from Newark airport.

Disaster Unite Wene Newark Joseph O Fluet Civil Aeroenautics Board

Cicatnix and the Moon Tapestry Clue List

A puzzle row lists synonyms and wordplay clues: bodies of water unadulterated pen name of Charles Lamb tapestry valley of the moon a cereal grass total animal apportion as cards exist devoured liquid measure cherished lades coin it ostrich hike bird apex humor sew together solemn wonder cover with gold coating hint turn to the right young horse lands large roofing slate an Attic weight yesterday's answer skin tumorg tag wicked cripple falsehoods before a jackdaw.

Charles Lamb

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Jones ‘Home Frank Magruder George M. Carson N. C Florence M. Barr Headley’s Auctions John W. Rosenberger & CO St. Braddock St Parade Hakkry RK Ainsbergher, JR Pe Ae Leen Northern Virginia Power Company I. Q Henry L. Stimson Margaret Winchester Baltimore Robert P., Jr Susan Samuel R. Campbell, Jr Boston Hove Sheen Test Iad N. Cameron St B&h Concrete Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply Barr Kefauver Desoto Frederick Motors Inc Martinsburg Pike Heatwole Motor CO BraDdock St Pondernan P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp N. Kent St Glaize & Bro Cameron Food Center Omps’ Funeral Home Daily Crossword Asia India Tag Wicked
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